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syphilitic

syphilitic adjective: of, relating to, or infected with syphilis.

Adjective

syphilitic (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or infected with syphilis.
    • One can try hunting syphilitic treponemes directly by having skin irregularities […] biopsied and subjected to a silver-staining test.1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5
    Synonyms:
    luetic

Noun

syphilitic (plural syphilitics)

  1. (dated) A person with syphilis.
    • It was a syphilitic who lived alone in the shanty between the hole and the railroad yard, coming up to the street only to beg money for food and disinfectant with which to soak his rags.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 337
    Synonyms:
    luetic

Synonyms of syphilitic

Forms of syphilitic

pluralsyphilitics

Words formed from syphilitic

Questions about syphilitic

What does syphilitic mean?
Syphilitic means of, relating to, or infected with syphilis.
What part of speech is syphilitic?
Syphilitic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near syphilitic in the dictionary

  1. syphilisations
  2. syphilise
  3. syphilised
  4. syphilises
  5. syphilising
  6. syphilitic
  7. syphilitically
  8. syphilitics
  9. syphilization
  10. syphilizations
  11. syphilize

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